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All results from a given calculation for KCN (Potassium cyanide)

using model chemistry: CCD/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no C*V 1Σ
1 2 no C*V 1Σ
1 3 yes CS 1A'

Conformer 1 (C*V)

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Energy calculated at CCD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.151539
Energy at 298.15K-688.150997
HF Energy-687.949155
Nuclear repulsion energy59.713663
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at CCD/3-21G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σ 2134 2075 1.96      
2 Σ 275 267 45.43      
3 Π 103 100 20.48      
3 Π 103 100 20.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1306.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9723) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1270.6 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCD/3-21G
B
0.09424

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/3-21G

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.340
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.321
N3 0.000 0.000 -2.506

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.66123.8467
C22.66121.1855
N33.84671.1855

picture of Potassium cyanide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
K1 C2 N3 180.000 K1 N3 C2 0.000
C2 K1 N3 0.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C*V)

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Energy calculated at CCD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.150583
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-687.956829
Nuclear repulsion energy62.998862
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at CCD/3-21G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σ 2140 2081 6.94      
2 Σ 306 298 53.08      
3 Π 45i 44i 2.76      
3 Π 45i 44i 2.76      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1178.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9723) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1145.9 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCD/3-21G
B
0.10856

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/3-21G

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 0.000 1.244
C2 0.000 0.000 -2.458
N3 0.000 0.000 -1.269

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K13.70172.5125
C23.70171.1892
N32.51251.1892

picture of Potassium cyanide state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
K1 C2 N3 0.000 K1 N3 C2 180.000
C2 K1 N3 0.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 3 (CS)

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Energy calculated at CCD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-688.155046
Energy at 298.15K-688.154882
HF Energy-687.955553
Nuclear repulsion energy66.509215
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at CCD/3-21G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 2083 2026 8.52      
2 A' 288 280 46.14      
3 A' 153 148 3.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1262.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9723) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 1227.0 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCD/3-21G
ABC
1.85318 0.15184 0.14034

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
K1 0.000 1.083 0.000
C2 0.639 -1.648 0.000
N3 -0.548 -1.528 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  K1 C2 N3
K12.80522.6685
C22.80521.1930
N32.66851.1930

picture of Potassium cyanide state 1 conformation 3
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
K1 C2 N3 71.065 K1 N3 C2 83.917
C2 K1 N3 25.017
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability